Software review by Tzvi Zucker from Proggio
Every project manager knows that clarity is paramount for project management. The more the team understands their roles, tasks, and the project as a whole, the higher the chances of success. But many project management tools available are either based off Gantt charts, or Kanban boards – and neither of those are an all-in-one package. Gantt charts sacrifice clarity, and agility. Kanban boards sacrifice timeline planning and project visualization. Proggio is the first tool that gives you something better – the Projectmap.
The Projectmap is exactly that – a map of your project, that can be understood at a glance by anybody. Instant clarity – show someone a Projectmap, and immediately they know exactly what the project is about, who’s doing what, when, and even how.
Visual Project Management Software
Proggio project management softwarewas founded in 2016 and built around the success principles of leadership, team dynamics, communication, collaboration and momentum.
Proggio boasts customers like Sodastream, McKinsey, Decathlon, and Verifone and its online project management software is a favourite for teams of all sizes, and sectors – from non-profits like World Anti Doping Agency to biotech leaders like MySugr to industry titans like SK Telecom, everyone loves Proggio due to the clarity it provides.
The Team as the Focal Point of the Project
Proggio makes a small change in its approach to project management, with a world of a difference. Project management tools are task-based. Your typical Gantt chart lists tasks along the left hand side of the chart. Kanban card sorting systems are built by task. Proggio puts the team heart and center in your project planning and management – in today’s business environment, it isn’t just about what there is to do, it is increasingly important to know who is doing it.
With “flow to work,” SAFe, and agile teams, being able to plan around the team, rather than the tasks, is a tremendous asset. A timeline of tasks is inefficient – but a timeline OF tasks can be a revolution!
Real Time Project Management Tool
Proggio is designed with the project team in mind. A fully featured, cloud-based, online project management tool, Proggio can be used by your team whether they are in the same room or on 7 different continents. All work is seen in real time, shared in real time, and updated in real time. When Kevin finishes the webinar? You’ll see it updated on your Projectmap. When Gina marks her task as “done”, you’ll see that on the Projectmap, too.
Every team member, and every view in Proggio, is actually the same data set – each person on the project is actually interacting with the project, itself. Always.
Features and Ease of Use
The interface is clean, modern, and straightforward – the buttons are where you intuitively expect them to be. Within days, you can be using Proggio as if you’ve used it for years.
Proggio comes with some exceptional features that makes it special!
Plan vs Actual:Every project has delays, or schedule changes. How do you track them? With a Gantt chart, tracking even a few changes becomes a Herculean task. With Proggio, it literally takes just a few clicks.
All you need to do is set a reference point, and whenever you want to track changes, a click of the mouse will bring up your reference point saved in the Projectmap to compare to the current plan. You can set multiple reference points! Tracking your plan vs. actual project has never been simpler.
Print Project Plan: Ever try printing a Gantt chart? It will take reams of paper, or you’ll have to shrink it to a size where it’s illegible. Thanks to the Projectmap, you can easily generate screenshots of your project plan that you can share with anybody. There’s a handy “screenshot” button at the bottom of your Projectmap interface, and you can use it anytime.
JIRA Integration:Proggio boasts a full integration with JIRA, which when used properly will end the software development silo and increase visibility across the organization. JIRA Project management doesn’t have to be a contradiction!
The JIRA Listener tool lets you pull data from JIRA into activity boxes on the Projectmap – you can track progress in JIRA without ever entering the platform! If you’re using Proggio for enterprise-wide planning and collaboration, you no longer need to silo software development teams and run after them for progress reports.
Finally a Task Management Tool Serving the Team
We all know the hidden inefficiency in project management tools: the data within is only as good as the data your team puts in. And guess what? Most of the time, your team hates your project management tool and don’t want to spend additional time on it.
Think about the features you love in your project management software: budget tracking? Your team doesn’t care about that. Gantt chart? Your team doesn’t look at those, and doesn’t understand them to begin with. Resource loading? Is that a tool for the team, or for you?
Your team spends their day looking at the task management interface of the program, and that is the reason they hate most project management tools. They’re being asked to use a tool that was not designed with them in mind, and offers them nothing in their work.
Proggio, however, was designed with the team in mind. The task management tools are built to make the team’s life easier, starting with multiple task management views customizable by each team member. The Projectmap is designed to impart clarity to the entire project team. The collaboration tools are built to give the project momentum towards successful delivery. Proggio is all about the team – and the team can tell.
Subscription and Pricing
Proggio offers three subscription plans:
Starter:Perfect for small teams, the starter package is only $8 per user per month when billed annually. This package allows 3 ongoing projects and comes with 200MB of storage. There is a minimum of 3 users for this account.
Business:The business plan is only $15 per user per month when billed annually, and allows for 25 ongoing projects, 5 viewers, and 5GB of storage. There is a minimum of 3 users for this account.
Enterprise:The Enterprise plan is unlimited – unlimited projects, unlimited storage, and unlimited viewers. Pricing is available upon request.